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Young Adult, Midlife and Late Adulthood Stage Interviews and Reports
Late Adulthood brings many challenges and changes. Late Adulthood brought on a very difficult challenge for my interviewee. He is a seventy three year old male. He is married and has three grown sons. He is retired yet he still works as a legal assistant at his youngest son’s law office. He was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in 2010. He feels this challenge has been his largest to overcome. He feels the most important thing in life is his faith and his family that has helped him fight the cancer. He is now cancer free. He believes The Houston Center where he received care was a great attribute to his health. They provided him with counseling and the proper care to fight the prostate cancer. He returns to the Houston center once a year to have his check up. He enjoys this alone time with his wife. This trip allows them to travel and visit family that lives in Houston. He has learned to enjoy life more and has become more family oriented in this stage of life. He feels he is better off than what he thought he would be. He has worked hard most of his life and hopes to keep enjoying his grandchildren and travel with his wife. He is very proud of his sons and hopes they are just as well when they get to his stage in life. His largest worry is his wife’s health. She had bad knees and high blood sugar. He spends his extra time with his wife. He enjoys going to eat out and to go to the movies. He tries to spend every Friday with his wife and enjoy the time they have left together. His wife and him attend church regularly and have a strong faith. He believes his faith has helped him overcome many challenges and will continue to have a strong faith.
Middle Age
This interview was with a 58 year old housewife. She is married to a State Highway Inspector. Her husband is on the road a lot and she stays home to